drǫgъ

drǫ́gъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `bar, pole'

Page in Trubačev: V 129-130

Old Church Slavic:

drǫgy (Euch.) `sticks' [Inspm o]

Czech:

drouh (obs., dial.) `bar, club' [m o]

Slovak:

drúh (dial.) `bar, club' [m o]

Polish:

drąg `bar' [m o], drąga [Gens]

Slovincian:

drȯ́ųg `bar, pole' [m o], drȯ́ųga [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

drȗg `rail' [m o]

Slovene:

drǫ̑g `bar, latticed side of a cart' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: drongos

Lithuanian:

drañgas `pole (used as a lever)' [m o];

dránga `pole (used as a lever), edge (of a cart)' [f ā]

Comments: On the basis of the Balto-Slavic and Germanic evidence, we may reconstruct *dʰrongʰ-. The limited distribution of the etymon and the fact that we find variants without a nasal or with root-final *k leads us to consider non-Indo-European origin.

Other cognates:

OIc. drangr `detached pillar of rock'

;

OIc. drengr `heavy stick, pillar'